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Comment on The Worst Thing You Can Do For Your Personal Development by Freelancer

Freelancer — Mon, 07 May 2012 07:08:42 +0000

Nice article, inspiring indeed… I remember the words of Thomas Alva Edison, ” I didn’t fail ten thousand times. I successfully eliminated, ten thousand times, materials and combinations which wouldn’t work”.

Failure is not a bad situation, if people don’t see it like one.

Comment on The Worst Thing You Can Do For Your Personal Development by Eric

Eric — Thu, 03 May 2012 15:02:19 +0000

Great post! Very inspiring but sometimes it’s really hard to forget about your own failure…still trying.

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The Worst Thing You Can Do For Your Personal Development » LymanReeddotCom — Tue, 01 May 2012 13:23:44 +0000

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The Worst Thing You Can Do For Your Personal Development » LymanReeddotCom — Tue, 01 May 2012 13:23:44 +0000

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Comment on What is Kaizen? by Lyman Reed

Lyman Reed — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:31:57 +0000

Interesting idea, Mr Twenty Twenty. Thanks for sharing it. Your blog looks good – I’ll be checking that out as well!

Comment on What is Kaizen? by Mr Twenty Twenty

Mr Twenty Twenty — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 06:44:33 +0000

Hey Lyman,

Great post. I’ve been working with a very complimentary approach – breaking EVERYTHING I do down into FOUR MINUTE projects. That way, I first IDENTIFY my main goal or outcome and become more outcome oriented, next I break that outcome into FOUR minute outcomes, and then HIT IT.

For example….

I might make writing an article into 5 four minute outcomes.

1. Identify the purpose of the article. One problem. One solution.
2. Headline.
3. PS
4. Body.
5. Tidy it up.

Those would be 20 minutes total. Each one with just FOUR MINUTES OF full on fire.

Try it, with KAIZEN in mind, and let me know what you think.

Mr Twenty Twenty
PS: And stop by http://www.fourminuteman.com to read more mate! Keep up the good work!

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What is Kaizen? » LymanReeddotCom — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:10:40 +0000

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Comment on Kaizen Blogging by Jacq

Jacq — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:54:29 +0000

I have the same feelings of inadequacy. Writing is so subjective, that makes it difficult to “grade”. The other part is probably that back in the day when I wrote offering memorandums and annual reports, I edited ruthlessly. Blogging… not so much (ie. not at all.) Perhaps there’s a message there.

Comment on Kaizen Blogging by Lyman Reed

Lyman Reed — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 03:48:31 +0000

Thanks in advance for the upcoming butt kicking, Jacq.

I wouldn’t say that blogging is a chore – but fighting my own insecurities about being “good enough” sure is. That’s what the timing part is all about. It’s much easier to say “I’ll work on the blog for a few minutes a day” than “I must write a perfect article three times a week.” And since I *can* do the few minutes a day, I thought I’d see where that takes me.

Comment on Kaizen Blogging by Jacq

Jacq — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:59:36 +0000

Kick in the butt shall be forthcoming.

So what turned blogging into a chore that needed to be timed to be done? Inquiring minds want to know…

Signed – a not-prolific-blogger